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Monday, 12 September 2016

Global Integrity 17

Executive
Integrity

Moral Wholeness for a Whole World

Integrity is
moral wholeness—living consistently in moral wholeness. Its opposite is
corruption, the distortion, perversion, and deterioration of moral goodness,
resulting in the exploitation of people. Global
integrity is moral wholeness at all levels in our world—from the
individual to the institutional to the international. Global
integrity is requisite for “building the future we want—being the people
we need.” It is not easy, it is not always black and white, and it can be
risky. These entries explore the many facets of integrity with a view towards
the global efforts to promote sustainable development and wellbeing.

Managing
Executive Health is a co-authored book that takes a positive
approach to the health of managers, executives, and business leaders. It
emphasizes “physical vigor, psychological well-being, spiritual vitality, and
ethical integrity. Here are some excerpts from chapter 10, Ethical Character. It
is refreshing to see such a clear emphasis placed on leaders who can develop
and act with integrity!

It is not enough [for leaders] to be
physically, psychologically, and spiritually sound. To complete the package, one must examine one’s
character in order to ensure the optimal use of life. The final piece of the
four-dimensional model, our character, can be developed and improved, just as
our physical or psychological health can. (p. 177)

For our purposes, we define ethical
character as personal integrity. Integrity is defined as “the state of being
unimpaired; soundness or the quality or condition bring whole or undivided;
completeness.” The individual is undivided in his or her fundamental beliefs and
attitudes, presenting those values to everyone. (p. 178)

…someone with personal integrity is often
required to take action against an issue that seems unjust or inequitable…The person
cannot simply refuse to participate in the behaviors. A person with true integrity must stand up for what he or she believes.
(p. 178)

[Quoting others about personal character:]
Who are you when no one is watching?…What is the right thing to do in this
situation?’…What sort of person must I become to be able to do the right thing?
(p. 183)

While character and personal integrity
are important for everyone to possess, it is especially important for those
individuals who affect the lives of others: the men and women who manage our
organizations and become role models for people who work for them With people
off true integrity running the major corporations, the world can only become a
better place in which to live. (p. 192)

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